Here are the latest calls for pitches and articles directly from editors. This list covers a huge range of topics, including dating during lockdown, living with technology, Pride month, music, mental health, social change, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please don’t pitch these editors unless you are confident in your ability to send a good pitch. If you’re not, read this first.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Jacob Jans Refinery29<\/strong> is a media and entertainment company that focuses on young women. Their lifestyle director is looking for pitches for their Love Lockdown column (a weekly column about sex, dating, and love in the time of coronavirus). Send pitches to jess.commons@refinery29.uk. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.26 per word. For details, refer to this Tweet<\/a>. To learn more about them, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Real Life<\/strong> is \u201ca magazine about living with technology.\u201d The magazine is funded by Snap Inc. They are always seeking \u201cpitches about living with technology (which currently means essays about how technology factors into living with the pandemic).\u201d Pay is $800 for 2,000+ words. Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HelloGiggles<\/strong> is \u201ca positive online community for women.\u201d They are \u201clooking for personal essays for Pride month about how sexual\/gender identity intersects with racial\/ethnic identity.\u201d According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.05 per word. Send pitches to kristin.magaldi@meredith.com. Read their features editor\u2019s Tweet here<\/a>. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trouble<\/strong> is a magazine that focuses on the development of political strategies to confront climate change. They do not see climate change as a human error or a psychological defect, but see it as a fundamentally political phenomenon. They are accepting pitches. They \u201cpublish pieces that provide concrete suggestions or novel arguments for how the climate left can advance its goals.\u201d The articles that they publish \u201cadvance conversation between peers, rather than educate the general public about the basics of environmental problems.\u201d They pay $150 to $250 per piece. Read their contributing editor\u2019s Tweet here<\/a>. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mundane Magazine<\/strong> is a Nashville-centric digital publication about music, fashion, art, culture, and sex. They are looking for Pride month pitches and new contract music writers. They pay $75 to $300 per piece. To learn more, refer to their executive editor\u2019s Tweet<\/a>. To contact them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mynah Magazine<\/strong> is an annual longform print magazine about Singapore’s untold stories. They are looking for stories for their Issue 4. They welcome \u201cpitches for features, profiles, critical essays, photo essays, and comics.\u201d They are \u201cless interested in think pieces, op-eds and interviews.\u201d It is not necessary for the contributors to be based in Singapore or be Singaporean. They pay 250-400 SGD per story. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread<\/a>. To contact them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline: June 22nd, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uppercut<\/strong> is a website that looks at games and other media through diverse and critical lenses. They are accepting pitches for June. They \u201cprioritize critical work that provides an insight or angle on games that isn\u2019t being talked about anywhere else.\u201d They are also open to witty listicles or other creative ideas. They pay $50 per piece. For details, refer to this Tweet<\/a> and this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline: May 29th, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Psyche<\/strong> is \u201ca new digital magazine from Aeon that illuminates the human condition through three prisms: mental health; the perennial question of \u2018how to live\u2019; and the artistic and transcendent facets of life.\u201d Their editor is accepting pitches on Twitter. They pay $500 for shortform essays of about 1,500 words. Learn more here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Contact them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NACLA Report<\/strong> is published by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). They are accepting pitches for their Winter 2020 issue. They are \u201cinterested in exploring Central America\u2019s uncertain future\u2014broadly conceived\u2014through the lenses of a failed neoliberal consensus, multiple forms of violence, climate chaos, institutional failures, daily life in untenable conditions, and more.\u201d For their print magazine, they offer honorariums of $100 to $250 per article. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline: June 8th, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital Trends<\/strong> is a website that covers all things tech. They are \u201clooking for writers who can cover technology, digital culture and our changing human experience.\u201d For short news posts, their rates vary. For longer news stories and features, their rates start at $250. Send pitches to psquire@digitaltrends.com. For details, refer to this Tweet<\/a>. To learn more about them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil Eats<\/strong> is a source for daily news about the American food system. They \u201cpublish stories that shift the conversation around sustainable agriculture in an effort to build economically and socially just communities.\u201d They are accepting pitches. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.31 per word. For details, refer to their founder\/editor-in-chief\u2019s Twitter thread<\/a> and this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chicago Reader<\/strong> is Chicago’s largest weekly newspaper. Their associate editor has a limited number of opportunities for experienced music writers. Pay will be $50 per album review (around 250 words). Send pitches to jludwig@chicagoreader.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread<\/a> and their pitch guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n StreetsblogMASS<\/strong> is \u201ca daily news source dedicated to promoting sustainable transportation and safer streets throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.\u201d They are interested in story pitches about \u201cpublic transit\/walking\/biking\/mobility\/safer streets.\u201d They pay $0.50 per word for reported pieces. To learn more, refer to this Tweet<\/a>. To contact them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mobilisation Lab<\/strong> is \u201ca global learning and collaboration network powering the future of social change campaigns.\u201d They are \u201clooking for pitches specifically about what’s working in campaigning and organising strategies and tactics.\u201d They prefer contributors from the Global South or marginalised backgrounds. They will pay $250 to $500 per piece. For details, read their Tweet<\/a> and contributor guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rewire.News<\/strong> is a daily online publication that publishes evidence-based news, commentary, analysis, and investigative reporting on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. For Pride Month, their assignment editor is looking for \u201cLGBTQ pitches that intersect with issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights.\u201d Please note that they are interested in these topics year round. They pay $250 to $300 per piece. Send pitches to tso.tiffany@rewire.news. For details, refer to this Tweet<\/a> and their pitching guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cosmopolitan<\/strong> is a women\u2019s magazine for dating tips, sex advice, beauty tutorials, fashion trends, and celebrity news. According to their op-ed editor, they are always accepting pitches. Payment reports indicate that they pay an average of $1.05 per word. Send pitches to their op-ed editor at jessica.goodman@hearst.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet<\/a> and their op-ed section<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UX Writers Collective<\/strong> offers online courses in user experience writing. They are accepting pitches. They pay $100 for blog articles. Send pitches to blog@uxwriterscollective.com. Read their co-founder\u2019s Tweet here<\/a> and their blog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anime Herald<\/strong> is a website that offers news, reviews, interviews, and commentary on anime and anime fandom. They are always looking for outstanding article ideas. They encourage writers to aim for 1,000 to 2,000 words per article. They pay $50\/article. For details, refer to their Tweet<\/a> and contributor guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North American Guild of Beer Writers <\/strong>(NAGBW) is \u201cthe leading member organization of beer writers, authors, reporters, and podcasters who cover the beer industry.\u201d They are seeking pitches for short, well-reported stories for their new project, The Reporter’s Notebook. They are launching this new project “to showcase the people and businesses that are finding new ways to survive, and to support journalists at a time when opportunities (and outlets) are shrinking.\u201d It is important to note that this project is not exclusively meant for stories of-and-around COVID-19. They will pay $50 to $100 per post. Read their Tweet here<\/a> and find pitching information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reason<\/strong> is a monthly magazine and website that covers news, politics, culture, science, and economics from a libertarian perspective. According to their editor-in-chief, they accept \u201cpitches from all sorts of freedom lovers.\u201d Their magazine runs short columns and longform articles of 600 to 5,000 words. Their website\u2019s articles tend to be shorter. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to this Tweet<\/a> and this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explore Minnesota<\/strong> is Minnesota’s official tourism website. They are seeking \u201cheartfelt stories about your favorite fall Minnesota vacations for an upcoming print publication.\u201d They will pay $400 for 800 words and $800 for 1,600 words. Email pitches to brian.fanelli@state.mn.us. Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Visit their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline: June 1st, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enemy Magazine<\/strong> is a print magazine that focuses on \u201cabuses of power in news deserts and underrepresented communities across America.\u201d According to their founder, they pay $1 per word. Send pitches to jake@enemymagazine.com. For details, refer to their founder\u2019s Twitter thread<\/a>. Visit their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In The Building LA<\/strong> is \u201cthe most comprehensive source of news and information on the people, projects, and policies reshaping South Los Angeles.\u201d They are seeking \u201cfreelance writers for a series of articles on Black historical figures critical to L.A. real estate.\u201d They will pay $75 per article (about 300 words). To learn more, refer to this Tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cherie<\/strong> covers beauty, skincare, and wellness. They are seeking LGBTQ+ writers to write pieces related to Pride. They will pay $150 per piece. Send pitches to ann@cherie.com. For details, refer to this Tweet<\/a>. Visit their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Epic<\/strong> publishes extraordinary true stories. Their \u201cwriters travel the world searching for encounters with the unknown.\u201d \u201cWartime romance, unlikely savants, deranged detectives, gentlemen thieves, and love struck killers: stories that tap into the thrill of being alive.\u201d They don\u2019t publish many stories a year, but they want incredible, cinematic, longform reported stories that you have been dying to tell. They generally pay $1 to $2 per word. Most of their stories are at least 5,000 to 6,000 words long. Send pitches to gina@epicmagazine.com. For details, refer to their deputy editor’s\u00a0Twitter thread<\/a>. Submit stories here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Healthline<\/strong> is a health information website. Their editor is looking for pitches related to Pride. She wants unique angles, lists, tips, etc. Pay is $200 for 1,000 words. Send pitches to choshaw@healthline.com<\/a>. Read her Tweet here<\/a>. Contact them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OneZero<\/strong> is a new Medium publication about technology and science. Their senior editor is always looking to assign tech and science stories. She prefers reported articles rather than essays.\u00a0Contact her at\u00a0skessler@medium.com<\/a>. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $1.25 per word.\u00a0For details, refer to this Twitter thread<\/a>. To learn more about them, refer to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reverb<\/strong> is an online marketplace for buying and selling musical instruments. They have \u201cfreelance opportunities for music writers that can write about music gear, production and its history, and plenty more.\u201d At the moment, they are \u201cespecially interested in pitches related to hip-hop and electronic music production, as well as other lesser-covered pockets of rock history, jazz, and beyond.\u201d Their rates<\/a> start at $100. Send pitches to dano@reverb.com<\/a>. 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Thanks to Fatima Saif for her research on this article<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n